I think this country needs a higher crank-up of democracy now. Louder, more boisterous democracy would be better for us right now.

The higher that rates go from here, the more the bond market needs to respond to them. The bond market should finally respond to upward pressure on long-term rates.

[t]hey think he [Bush] cares.

I don't think they will run. I think they'll find a conservative who is one of them... a George Allen.

C'mon. He'd be embarrassing upstairs at the White House. So I think she'd have a hard time. I think a woman president would have to be very conservative to get elected.

This is the cradle of democracy. This is the greatest city, we think, in the country. And we're going to do the best we can to make protesters welcome, just as we will make the delegates welcome, ... This country has a rich tradition in allowing people to say what they have to say.